Dining Room Makeover – How To Fill A Large Wall With Art For Under $75

In the continuing saga of my dining room makeover, one of the dilemmas that I faced was what to do with this large blank wall to the left of the doorway into the kitchen. That part of the wall measures roughly 8′ wide x 9′ tall.

Naturally, budget was a consideration too. A plate rack wouldn’t have been very expensive to build and I probably already have most of the lumber that I would need on hand. But, remember – overkill. I shopped around and found a group of already framed prints that I liked for a good price, but the overall size of the grouping was a bit too dinky to properly fill the wall.

I filled my wall with sixteen gorgeous fern prints for under $75! I expect that I’ll always have at least a little bit of greenery in this room, so I love that these fern prints just reinforce that.

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Select the images that you want from the NYPL Digital Library and download them to a thumb drive. Take the images to an office supply store for printing. I had my images printed at a local FedEx for $1.38 each.

I did not want white mats, but couldn’t find them available in the color I wanted, so I spray painted them with Rustoleum spray paint in Anodized Bronze. It’s the same color that the chairs in my kitchen breakfast area are painted.

Once the mats have completely dried, assemble the prints and hang.

Here’s a little side note that may or may not interest you. The above photos are less than stellar and are filled with lots of reflections in the glass. Yeah – trying to get a decent photograph of this wall was nearly impossible! That’s because of the large bay window that is directly across the room. The window allows so much light into the room that you couldn’t even see what kind of prints were in the frames when I tried to photograph them. #bloggerlife You might be interested to see my solution. Not pretty by any means, but at least it worked well enough to allow me to get some halfway decent photos.

Here’s where a dslr camera is a must. You’d never know by the brightness of the photo that this room was almost completely dark when this photo was taken! There’s no way that I could have taken pictures with a point and shoot in this case. I’d love to know if any of you other photographers have a better solution to my problem!

Next on my agenda is to finally make a decision about the small cherry chest and mirror. Paint or not paint? I’ve made some changes to the chairs that flank it, so I’m hoping that will help me to decide. I’ll share those changes soon!

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